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The Meaning of Unrequited Love? On “Transatlanticism,” by Death Cab for Cutie

for Constance Turner Transatlanticism Death Cab for Cutie (song available here; lyrics from here) The Atlantic was born today and I’ll tell you how The clouds above opened up and let it out I was standing on the surface of a perforated sphere When the water filled every hole And thousands upon thousands made an

Resolved: On Death Cab for Cutie’s “The New Year”

for Nancy The New Year Death Cab for Cutie (lyrics and song available at songmeanings.net/jango) So this is the new year And I don’t feel any different The clanking of crystal Explosions off in the distance in the distance So this is the new year And I have no resolutions For self-assigned penance For problems

Teaching Rationality: On Death Cab for Cutie’s "Lightness"

Lightness Death Cab for Cutie There’s a tear in the fabric of your favorite dress And I’m sneaking glances. Looking for the patterns in static They start to make sense the longer I’m at it. Ivory lines lead oo wha-ho, oo wha-ho Your heart is a river that flows from your chest through every organ.